Asheville events marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday

Jason Sandford

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Mack will reflect on her experiences as a member of the Black Panther Party, her career as a civil rights attorney for Legal Aid North Carolina, and the modern Black Power movement. The Winston-Salem chapter of the Black Panther Party implemented life-saving social programs for the poor and was the first and most prominent Black Panther Party chapter in the South. The evening will be hosted by Marvin Chambers, a founding member of A.S.C.O.R.E. (Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality), and an icon of the Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina.